Where things become more complex ...- Firecuda series have a 5 years warranty (like the Ironwolf Pro)- As far as I know, there are currently no 2.5'' drives in Ironwolf series. Then, the closest equivalent of a "WD mobile red" would be a Firecuda drive in 2.5'' form factor.

Concerning vibrations of stacked drives, I'm not certain if they are already an issue with two drives in a RAID 1, or if concern truely arises only with stacks of four and more drives.

Stacked drives are not necessary Network Attached Storages (NAS), as they can be RAID 1 in USB 3.0 or eSATA.It is not obvious for me if the NAS optimization was designed with concurrent access in mind or if this more an optimization to support vibrations, or both.

Hence I'm not sure if a small two drives configuration in an RAID 1 USB 3.0 enclosure (for one unique user) can use Firecuda drives or should use Ironwolf ones.

Please do not debate in this thread that one brand is better than another and stay focused on the understanding of the product lines. Thanks.

Not sure you can dismiss anything at all branded Seagate. There is a lot of tech in that company, and the crappy hard disks getting most attention should cop the heat, but with the following picture, there must be some good in there somewhere

yes their drives are crap seems to be the most popular verdict. But they also make a LOT of flash products including some fantastic enterprise flash based storage. I haven't heard enough to know what the quality of it is. Do the general feelings of Seagate also extend to the Samsung stuff as well?

yes their drives are crap seems to be the most popular verdict. But they also make a LOT of flash products including some fantastic enterprise flash based storage. I haven't heard enough to know what the quality of it is. Do the general feelings of Seagate also extend to the Samsung stuff as well?

yes their drives are crap seems to be the most popular verdict. But they also make a LOT of flash products including some fantastic enterprise flash based storage. I haven't heard enough to know what the quality of it is. Do the general feelings of Seagate also extend to the Samsung stuff as well?

i wonder if the fail rate is down to where the hard drives are made in all parts of the world.not just at one factory.

We all have our favorite and disloved brands. I'm no exception to that.However, every brand has consumer and professional series.

Also, you cannot compare 2.5 drives and 3.5 drives.

I have owned almost 800 drives and it gives some perspective.

I have seen lot of Seagate 2.5'' drives in Dell Professional series of laptops, years after year. If those drives were crap, Dell would have switched to another supplier. Of course, those drives are not the same as the ST????LM?? series that are used a lot in external hard drives, which are prone to the head stuck failure.

@Amarbir: Before telling that Seagate drives are crap and Samsung ones are very good, you should consider that some Samsung hard drives like the ST2000LM003 have "Momentus" and "www.seagate.com" written on their sticker! And those Spinpoint / Momentus drives have the same head stuck vulnerability, no matter whether they come from Samsung or Seagate.

I have also seen head stuck with an Hitachi 7mm drive. Thin leightweight hard drives are prone to this, whichever the brand.

Ummm....I'm out of my depth, this is probably ridiculously simple for all on this forum but I can't find an answer in other places. I have a Barracuda 7200.12 drive from an old failed Mac, I've put it in an enclosure to recover the data. I don't know what power supply to use - the label says: 5v 0.72A12v 0.52AWhat power supply do I use?thanks for any help

Thanks - I think I've got it, please confirm my understanding:I'm using the enclosure in the attached picture, with power input and USB 3.0 sockets.1. The HD will get its 5V from the USB cable2. I use a 12V supply to the input power socketThanks for answering dumb questions.C

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